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The recent security incident involving OpenAI and Hugging Face has reignited the discussion about the safe use of powerful AI systems. In an interview with Horizont, Andreas Hepp analyzes the latest developments and explains their significance for research, society, and regulation.

The latest version of OpenQDA has been released. Users can now add and manage variables for their project materials (sources). This lays the groundwork for the upcoming implementation of cases and sets.

On 24 JulyZeMKI member Dr. Rieke Böhling and Dr. Berber Hagedoorn (University of Groningen, Netherlands) facilitate a workshop on the Dutch North Sea island Schiermonnikoog. The workshop is funded by a seed grant of the Hanse University Alliance and is organized in cooperation with the local cultural history association ’t Heer en Feer. 

On the afternoon of 8 July 2026, members of ZeMKI gathered at Linzer Straße 4 for the ZeMKI Research Day 2026. This internal event format provides a forum for presenting ongoing projects from the eleven ZeMKI Labs, discussing methodological issues and bringing together perspectives across the boundaries of the individual Labs.

On 8 July 2026, the ZeMKI Research Day at the Linzer Straße 4 site segued directly into the ZeMKI Summer Party. Following the day’s academic programme, the discussions moved outdoors and continued there in an informal setting.

The IAMCR (International Association for Media and Communication Research) will take place from June 28 to July 2, 2026, at the University of Galway (Ireland). The theme of this year’s conference is “Peripheries and Connections: Media, Communication, and Transformation.” ZeMKI will be represented at the conference with several presentations.

On Wednesday, July 1, 2026, ZeMKI member Dr. Rieke Böhling will participate in the “Research and Education” panel at Career Day as part of the Euroculture Intensive Program.

ZeMKI member Dr. Philip Sinner recently appeared as a guest on a WDR segment hosted by Kevin Barth in connection with the World Cup. The segment focuses on how children provide commentary on soccer matches.

ZeMKI is taking part in the University of Bremen’s Open Campus 2026 today. Under the motto ‘Opening up worlds – sharing knowledge’, the university is offering insights into research, study programmes and academic projects on campus.

ZeMKI member Dr. Philip Sinner was recently a guest on a Deutschlandfunk program hosted by Kevin Barth. The segment focused on Kika’s soccer broadcasts, in which children serve as presenters.

The latest version of OpenQDA was released today. Users can now add and manage notes—also known as “memos”—to their project materials. A key feature here is that notes in OpenQDA can be visible both privately (…)

The first subproject of the ComAI research group, titled “Pioneer Communities: Imaginations of Communicative AI and Their Possible Futures,” analyzes how pioneer communities shape the emergence and spread of communicative artificial intelligence (ComAI) based on (…)